Eyes on the Street: Riders Line Up for ‘New Blue’ Express Shuttle Bus
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The southern half of the Blue Line is currently closed for refurbishment. Replacement express bus service is standing room only.
SPUR Talk: How to Run a Railroad
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Highlights from a conversation with BART director Grace Crunican
Today’s Headlines
|- Trump administration gives Koch industries what it asked for in clean car negotiations (DeSmog)
- Talks on fuel economy standards are over (LA Times)
- Sen. Moorlach, explaining his no-speed-limit bill, says he has no data backing assertions on safety, GHGs (Road and Track)
- California drivers couldn’t handle no-speed-limit highways (Fresno Bee)
- Consumer Reports weighs in on how to make the world safer for pedestrians
- Maybe by tearing down the freeway? (Sacramento News & Review)
- Central Valley city of Gustine didn’t get a federal grant for a bike path; then it did, and now has to figure out how to move forward (Westside Connect)
- San Francisco needs a lot more bike racks, says SFBC (Curbed, SF Examiner)
- NYPD’s anti-bike crusade (Outside Online)
- You can get a ticket for walking in the roadway, even when sidewalks are too dangerous (MTL Blog)
- Snow!!! (LA Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
L.A. City Council Committee Approves Fashion District Bridge Housing
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L.A. City Council Homelessness Committee gave the go-ahead for a 115-bed bridge housing facility in the DTLA Fashion District.
AARP Backs Congestion Pricing — Defying Pols Who Claim Seniors Would be Hurt By Tolls
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The senior lobbying group supports congestion pricing, even though opponents of congestion pricing often cite seniors as their reason for opposing tolls.
States May Forfeit $1 Billion in Biking and Walking Funding
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States will forfeit a combined $1 billion in biking and walking funds if they don't get their acts together by September.
Today’s Headlines
|- A focus on speed leads state DOTs to overspend and overbuild (Smart Growth America)
- CEO of CA high-speed rail says the project is moving ahead (Curbed)
- Negotiations on fuel economy standards break down (LA Times)
- Sonoma County to develop two more segments of the California Coastal Trail (Press Democrat)
- Progress on the Bay Trail (The Almanac)
- Yay, skateboards (The Conversation)
- CA legislators consider replacing sales tax with carbon tax (CA Public Radio)
- Transit app wants to simplify transportation with information (The Verge)
- How will driverless cars, ride-share, more options change the way we move? (BBC)
- Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino reappointed to California Transportation Commission
- Caltrans is hiring, a lot (CBS)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Editorial: My French Teacher and California High-Speed Rail
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Reflections on being trapped in a recurring nightmare of misinformation about rail
Native American Pedestrians Have Highest Death Rate
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The roads around reservations are dangerous and offer little accommodation for those on foot. But many native people rely on walking for transportation.
Today’s Headlines
|- Trump wants high-speed rail money back (LA Times, Bloomberg, CNN, Tribune, NY Times)
- More on bill to remove speed limits on CA highways (LA Times)
- Why U.S. cities are becoming more dangerous for bicyclists and pedestrians (The Conversation)
- Robots want some space on the sidewalk (Scientific American)
- MTA releases environmental report on Union Station improvements (LA Downtown News)
- San Diego considers a bike-pedestrian bridge to the beach (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Street Story gives Californians a way to report bike and pedestrian collisions, near-misses (Berkeleyan)
- In Santa Cruz, bike rental businesses say Jump bikes have taken business away (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
- California’s cap-and-trade system invests in sustainable development (Capital Public Radio)
- EV programs need to remember disadvantaged communities (Future Structure)
- Cow farts are now fueling trucks and heating houses in SoCal (OC Breeze)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
A CA Bill Would Double the Size of Highways 5 and 99, and Remove Speed Limits
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Moorlach wants to double the size of Highways 5 and 99 and remove speed limits. That will solve congestion, he says, and even--wait for it--reduce greenhouse gas emissions!